肛門

See also: 肛门

Chinese

anus
 
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)
trad. (肛門)
simp. (肛门)

Pronunciation


Noun

肛門

  1. (anatomy) anus

Synonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Hyōgaiji
もん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

/kaumon//kɔːmon//koːmon/

From Middle Chinese 肛門 (MC kˠʌŋ|hˠʌŋ muən, literally “anus + gate”). Compare modern Cantonese reading gong1 mun4, Mandarin gāngmén.

Pronunciation

Noun

肛門 (hiragana こうもん, rōmaji kōmon, historical hiragana かうもん)

  1. (anatomy) anus

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

肛門 (hangmun, McCune-Reischauer: hangmun, Yale: hangmun) (hangeul 항문)

  1. Hanja form? of 항문 (anus).
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